MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Published: July 1, 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
deals with
issues
relevant to
massive open online courses
(MOOCs) and
open
educational resources (OERs).
As
distance learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
necessity
to better understand how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Recent
historical trends in
online education technology
have provided the means for
learners
all around the world
to participate in
online classes.
How can
participants
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
How can
educators
assure that
the instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
tolerable?
Massive open online courses are
typically free
for students but do not
consistently lead to formal accreditation.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
There are several
issues that
elearning technology
organizations
are struggling with
now that
e-learning technology is
developing
so rapidly.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
How can
organizations
deal with the problems of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today?
Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist.
What
strategies are being used by
organizations like
Ascension to conduct these
massively open online courses?
Professors
and numerous other
participants
would like
to better perceive
these
interesting new open
educational
initiatives.
Educators want
to understand how
these MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To meet this
growing
desire for
details
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open
educational
resource
subjects.
This interesting new book also
investigates the
most important
controversies
associated with
these MOOCs and
open educational resources.
For more details please visit this Education MOOCs site.
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